Social network sites as a mode to collect health data: A systematic review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Alshaikh, Fahdah ^a   Ramzan, Farzan ^a   Rawaf, Salman ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Health education; Internet; Social media; Social network; Systematic review; Young people

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84906250079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3050     Document Type: Review

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